While news of book and publishing awards proliferates, the Selfies are being introduced in the UK this year as a competition among independent authors. The post The UK’s Selfies Award Announces Its First Self-Published Shortlist appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at 'Publishing Perspectives'
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An adult colouring book inspired by the characters and settings of George R R Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels is set for publication in the US this autumn. Bantam in the US has acquired The Game of Thrones Colouring Book in a deal for world rights with Kay McCauley at Aurous Inc. A UK... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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I spent this past weekend in Philadelphia at the Local Independent Online News Publishers conference with local journalists and publishers from around the United States. Speakers discussed everything from online audience trends, revenue generation id ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Changes in VAT designed to force Amazon to pay higher tax rates is complicating direct sales for self-published authors, potentially strengthening Amazon. The post In Europe, VAT Changes Hit Self-Published Authors appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Mary Glenn, former associate publisher at McGraw-Hill Professional, has been named publisher of Humanix Books. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers must shape their own policies on allowing their titles to be digitally loaned in libraries, according to Publishers Association c.e.o. Richard Mollet. His comments follow the publication of a report into remote e-lending pilots carried out in four library authorities around the UK,... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Eric Yang, CEO of Korea's RHK, reflects on the state of the Korean book market and the West's inability to fully engage with Asian publishing — yet. The post RHK’s Eric Yang on East/West Publisher Relations appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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Author Kamila Shamsie is “right to draw attention” to gender inequality in publishing, but her suggestion of a year in which only books by women are published has been greeted with mixed views by the trade. Writing in the latest issue of The Bookseller, Shamsie [pictured] said 2018 – the 100th... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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All of the company’s adult imprints will now be published under a new division, Penguin Random House Canada Publishing Group, while the company's children's divisions have been united under Tara Walker. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The rise of Instagram and Facebook, which mute video audio by default, is forcing publishers to rethink their video creation strategies. NowThis and Fusion, for example, are creating video that's "volume agnostic", meaning that they can viewers can watch them with the sound on or off and still... Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Irish poetry publisher The Gallery Press has two collections shortlisted on the Forward Prize for Best Collection award. The Forward Prizes, now in their 24th year, today (8th June) announced the shortlists for the three annual awards, which celebrate established and emerging poets. The... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers should “be braver, be too brave” when it comes to taking on new writing if they want to become more diverse, poet and writer Salena Godden told the Stoke Newington Literary Festival. Godden was joined on yesterday’s (7th June) panel, focussing on diversity in the industry, by writer... Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ann Cleeves, Mark Billingham and Peter James [pictured] are among the six authors shortlisted for the CWA 2015 Dagger in the Library Award. The award, sponsored by Penguin Random House’s crime community Dead Good Books, honours an author’s complete body of work. Also shortlisted are... Continue reading at The Bookseller
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Prior to the launch of its Africa edition, Quartz was still seeing between 100,000 - 150,000 monthly readers originating from the continent. For editor-in-chief Kevin Delaney, that wasn't much of a shock. The digital pure-play's focus on ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
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Georg Reuchlein, who was named 2014 Publisher of the Year by Germany's 'BuchMarkt' magazine, talks digitization, discoverability and the German thriller he's publishing this season that he described as "a kind of Berlin 'Chinatown.'" Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ben Denckla continues his discussion of the challenges of creating ebooks that incorporate challenging elements present in a wide variety of Jewish books. The post The State of Jewish Digital Publishing (Part 2) appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2015-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Russian publishers are fighting a government mandate that requires them to offer ebook editions of all their titles for a new national digital library. The post Russian Publishers Balk at Government Ebook Mandate appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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On May 12, Facebook launched its much discussed publishing product designed to let media companies post their articles directly to its iOS app. Called "Facebook Instant Articles," the new format loads stories on mobile phones up t ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher
[ Editor & Publisher | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Larry Kramer, publisher and president of USA Today since 2012, is leaving the newspaper and joining the board of directors of the new Gannett, the company announced today.Mr. Kramer's departure comes as Gannett, owner of 82 daily newspapers including USA Today as well as 46 local TV stations,... Continue reading at Advertising Age
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Ben Denckla outlines the challenges of creating reflowable digital texts that incorporate challenging elements present in a wide variety of Jewish books. The post The State of Jewish Digital Publishing (Part 1) appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
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The young writer of a real-life The Fault in Our Stars isn't alive to see her book make the finals of the country's top awards â but her parents could not be prouder. Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2015-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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